If you spend a lot of time around heritage roses, strange and wonderful things happen to your hats. Alice Flores is an expert on heritage roses. Many varieties of roses were planted in the early years of the town's existence by Daisy MacCallum and her compatriots, and Alice's tour will take you by many of these original bushes.

Marianne Hurley is a district historian who has worked for California State Parks since 2001, after transferring from Caltrans where she was an environmental planner (architectural historian) with District 4 in Oakland. Her field work draws on her background and expertise in American architectural history and historic preservation, the subject areas of her graduate degree from the University of Oregon (M.A., 1998). In addition to private consultation work, she also worked for a preservation architecture firm in San Francisco where she gained valuable experience surveying and researching historic structures.

With an office in Petaluma, her responsibilities include the oversight and preservation planning for historic properties in 32 parks. Geographically, these parks range from Fort Ross in Sonoma County to Angel Island in San Francisco Bay and Robert Lewis Stevenson in Napa County to Mount Diablo in East Contra Costa. Currently she is the project manager for the stabilization of the John Marsh House in Brentwood. Additional responsibilities include oversight for a cultural landscape study at the Vallejo Home in Sonoma, a condition assessment of the adobe at Olompali State Historic Park, and documentation and evaluation of the interiors at Officers’ Row on Angel Island. Professional affiliations include the Society of Architectural Historians, Vernacular Architecture Forum, and the Association for Preservation Technology. Marianne has also contributed several chapters of a soon-to-be published guide to architecture in the nine Bay Area counties.

Stephen Mikesell is the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, with the Office of Historic Preservation. He hold degrees in history from Harvard University and the University of California, Davis. He has worked full time in the historic preservation field since 1980, including nearly 20 years of state service and 10 years as a partner in a preservation consulting firm.

Martin Simpson has served on the Board of Directors of Kelley House for seven years. He also serves as a member of the Archives Committee where his responsibilities include collections management, accessioning artifacts, documents and photographs and historical research. He is responsible for conception, installation and promotion of permanent, new and visiting exhibits as the Exhibits Coordinator. He also works with the Educational Coordinator to develop programs to involve students in developing an interest in local history. Martin is also a member of the Mendocino Historic Review Board.

A second hobby is collecting, caring for and educating others about reptiles. He also has a background in fossil preparation. When not busy with history and snakes, Martin owns his own fire prevention franchise that maintains fire surpressant equipment.